Just Add Light and Stir
Inspiration and Encouragement for Unschooling Parents
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Real respect
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Some people confuse respect and courtesy. Some people confuse nicey-niceness with respect. But real respect changes action and affects...
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Natural instinct and sensible logic
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Allow children to reject food they don’t like, or that doesn’t smell like something they should eat, or doesn’t look good to them. Don’t ext...
Monday, July 29, 2024
Not just "one thing"
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Meredith Novak responded to a mom worried about a child only doing one thing: It's important to note that he's Not doing One ...
Sunday, July 28, 2024
More dots to connect
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If one thing makes you think of another thing, you form a connection between them in your mind. The more connections you have, the better a...
Saturday, July 27, 2024
A tiny change of course
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A different approach to life yields a very different set of results. You don't have to turn 180 degrees from the way you would have li...
Friday, July 26, 2024
Philosophy and priority
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Questions come up about how a parent can help teens do things they want to do. Here is an example from when I had two teens and one near...
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Sugar-coated words
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Life's too short to sugar-coat everything, I think. . . . . I suppose I'll just keep being honest until I get tired of it ...
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